{"id":225927,"date":"2025-11-24T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=225927"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:25:03","slug":"native-hawaiian-law-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/native-hawaiian-law-center\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Native Hawaiian law center celebrates 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law<\/a> is celebrating two decades of education, scholarship, and community advocacy on issues affecting Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Indigenous peoples. The center is part of the William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa.<\/p>\n

In recognition of this milestone, Councilmember Esther Kiaʻāina<\/span>, on behalf of the Honolulu City Council, presented an honorary certificate to Ka Huli Ao at Honolulu Hale. The presentation honored the center\u2019s enduring contributions to Native Hawaiian legal education and community engagement.<\/p>\n

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“Ka Huli Ao is grateful to the Honolulu City Council for this tremendous honor, which is a reflection on Chief Justice William S. Richardson\u2019s enduring legal legacy to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and our people,” said Kapuaʻala<\/span> Sproat, director of Ka Huli Ao and professor of law. “Ua Ao Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>! In Ka Huli Ao\u2019s 20th year, this guiding theme reminds us that even in our most challenging moments, the path forward is illuminated by Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s enduring legal foundations, grounded in loina (customs, principles, laws) and ʻike<\/span> kuʻuna<\/span> (ancestral knowledge), which continue to guide us toward the light of tomorrow.”<\/p>\n

Founded in 2005 by Professor Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie through a Native Hawaiian Education Act grant, Ka Huli Ao has become a cornerstone of Native Hawaiian law. The center established the first–ever Native Hawaiian Law Certificate program, published Native Hawaiian Law: A Treatise<\/em>, provides training to the community and decision makers, operates a post–JD<\/abbr> legal fellows program, shapes future leaders and leads the Native Hawaiian Law Clinic that provides direct legal services to our neighbor island communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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